Between The Buried And Me | Swim To The Moon | Orchestral Cover

Title: Swim to the Moon
Artist: Between the Buried and Me
Background:
I had been wanting to cover something from these guys for a while so a couple months ago I asked r/BetweenTheBuriedAndMe which track they'd like to see an orchestral cover of. "Go big or go home, Swim To The Moon" was the most upvoted comment so I decided to go with that one and... man... they were NOT kidding. This is a mammoth track (even by prog metal standards) but it has so much zany personality that I never grew tired of working on it. Along the way I got to break out not only some fun drum programming but an absolutely demented pipe organ solo. Hopefully it captures the spirit of the original!
Also you'll notice I did something pretty drastically different with the visualization this time around. It was a bit more work but I liked the process a lot and it changed the way I thought about orchestrating. This is my first time notating a track in actual sheet music so forgive my mistakes with the markings. I might stick with this format or go back to midi scroll in the future -- I'm still undecided.
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[@minnalunar]

If any song deserves an orchestral cover, it's this

[@paulwalker6936]

Took an entire orchestra to do what a 5-piece band can do.

[@zealobiron]

Hope btbam hears this

[@jakekoninsky5681]

This is my favorite BTBAM song of all time, and hearing this is absolutely beautiful, the pre-chorus made me cry.

[@paulwalker6936]

"roll forearms across keys"

[@ImaginaryHuman072889]

This sounds like an epic argument/duel between two former friends who randomly decided to reminisce in the good times from 9:50 until 13:40

[@RADZADproductions]

This was literally unbelievable

[@alanalanis2257]

I was looking for an instrumental version of this epic. This will absolutely do!!

[@sharchik916]

That. Was. Fucking. Unreal...

[@kacyf]

“Cowboy hat is NOT optional” 😂

[@tylerpd52]

I want to take this to an orchestra and be like "would you be interested in playing this?"

[@johanwestin3030]

I would rent te venue myself just for the experience

[@scoon2117]

Take it a step further go back in time and hand it to beethoven

[@bensappliancesandjunk]

Only a minute or two in. Absolutely fantastic!

[@villerger_27]

I love how sudden the kit come in at the drum solo, it makes me imagine Richardson just spontaneously appearing and absolutely killing it! Lol

[@jeff8839]

Ah yes. Peak music

[@aswinbobignatius3996]

OH. MY. GOD 🔥

[@thatdudebighead]

Someone needs to make an epic short film to this, NOW!

[@dy6697]

Wow man kinda speechless here... thanks for sharing this with people...

[@MarkKlett]

Incredible account of work this was. Thank you so much for creating it, it was amazing!

[@Quake2Freak]

Bravo. Cowboy hat not optional!

[@jjaakkeeyybbooyylmao]

Oh my God. My ears needed this. I can't believe what I'm hearing, this is absolute insanity! I love it!

[@heezusthegreat]

holy titssss this is my favorite song of theirs, thanks for doing this!!! its so well done, all the differences in harmonizations and dynamics really show how much effort went into this, good job.

[@krygzify]

roll forearms across keys lol just how tommy does it

[@xavierdumont]

Good stuff! Post it on socials and tag them. 100% they will love it!!

[@LSDrums25]

This is absolutely INCREDIBLE! Very well done, mate. Bring more whenever you can!

[@AIRFGC]

this is beyond cool, thanks a lot for the hard work and sharing this

[@ringtone_rhythm]

Putting the full drum solo was an excellent decision.

[@wilmerdavis9688]

sounds so much like it belongs in n a final fantasy boss fight.

[@AbstractEntityJ]

So epic! It would be great to see Selkies: The Endless Obsession in the orchestral style also.

[@sockhead117]

This is actually really good Like super good I’m blown away with how you managed to capture everything very well

[@chriscullen9642]

This is incredible and so beautiful! ...AND at the same time just makes me all the more in awe of BTBAM as composers. Thank you for making this cover, which truly shines, highlighting the band's creative genius!

[@LastTraceSB]

Wow dude great work man.

[@ChrisHertel-dc2qz]

Wow... This is absolutely amazing

[@Polarbearseagull]

god damn incredible

[@redinthesky1]

Namco needs to make Xenogears 2, so this can be the final boss music

[@stevenmedge3479]

That was really sick, good work 👍

[@mikemanard3847]

Wow. I didn't realize how much I needed this.

[@bobbarrysbailbonds9777]

Holy man god, this is good!

[@seanlowery7810]

Incredible!

[@TheProgSchool]

That was impressive!!

[@lilpaddedpaws5462]

Thank fuckin god for you ❤️

[@tay185]

This is so sick. Well done.

[@zak77702]

Bless the algorithm!! 😭😭😭 Immediate like and subscribe 💚↘️↖️

[@danielvega1651]

Awesome! Great work!

[@AndroxineVortex]

This is incredible work dude. Can I ask you what plug ins or libraries you're using for the orchestra

[@sisterblazemusic]

Wow dude! Have you sent this to BTBAM?

[@InfinityPotato97]

Dude, you really need to do Black Rose Immortal in this style lol

[@riccardobassani7405]

i didn't know i needed this

[@noamnavonphima1558]

This is really amazing. Would you like to do the same for Viljans Öga by Änglagård? Just in case you plan to do more. I think it would be perfect!

[@tim.noonan]

I love how intricately arranged the percussion parts are, until we get to the Samba section and it’s just a straight copy+paste job. Lol Blake is 1 of 1. What a cool project!

[@DahlgaardStudios]

This is awesome! Must have taken so much effort. Which sample libraries did you use here?

[@AstralP0rk]

Thank you for the kind words! Cinematic Studios for strings, piano, and woodwinds. Also JXL for all brass (except trumpets which were CSB), Metropolis Ark 1/4 for choirs, cineharpsichord/harps, Tina guo vol. 1, and Atelier sax for the solo. Percussion was Cineperc, JXL, GGD Invasion for the drumset, and various Met Arks. Finally, spitfire labs and a few other free libraries covered any missing bases I had. Edit: Added a few I forgot

[@DahlgaardStudios]

@@AstralP0rk You deserve it! Thanks for your elaborate answer. It sounds awesome!

[@NeritantanGaming]

Can someone put the original song over it?

[@johnwilliams2247]

Dude! This is my favorite band! This is actually one of my favorite albums of theirs!! Great job!

[@johnwilliams2247]

Was it hard to score?

[@AstralP0rk]

Definitely the most challenging so far. The choruses (especially the one at 9 minutes) were probably the toughest part. Something about layering those chords was very tricky and took a lot of tries get right.